Rewrite each sentence using the correct form of the verb in parentheses. Sometimes more than one form is possible.

1			When I ___ (be) young, I ___ (dream) about becoming a writer.
2			At that time, I ___ (think) that writers ___ (have) very exciting lives.
3			I ___ (begin) my first novel when I ___ (be) ten.
4			It ___ (be) the story of a gypsy girl.
5			Unfortunately, I ___ (not know) very much about gypsies.
6			I soon ___ (give up) on that story but not on being a writer.
7			Throughout my teenage years, I ___ (start) a new novel about every month.
8			By the time I ___ (graduate) from high school, I ___ (have) the first chapters of about 50 novels!